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Monday, March 13, 2017

WFRP 2nd Ed - Rough Night at the Three Feathers (part 2)

First, here's a picture of Lukas and Leopold preparing to righteously murder some cultists. "For Sigmar!"

Rough Night at the
Three Feathers (part 2)

The
situation is dire, it is half an hour after midnight and Vincent is
in serious trouble. His knife has been found stuck in the back of
Bruno Franke, champion of the Countess Marie Ulrich Von Liebowitz.
She is cousin to the Countess Emmanuelle Von Liebowitz, Elector of
Wissenland.

Lukas
has been locked in Bruno's room and the rest of the group are
returned to Vincent and Leopold's room and placed under guard. Sally,
Vincent and Leopold try to formulate some kind of story that will
save Vincent's life and who could have possibly taken Vincent's
dagger. We all decide that it must have been stolen from his room
during the brawl when everyone was occupied elsewhere. The plan is to
tell the countess that the scribe had hired us to investigate the
nature of the gentlemen following the Countesses' caravan. We
discovered they were cultists, and brought them to the Emperor's
justice without hesitation.

At
1AM a servant comes and takes us, under guard, back to the Countess'
room. Her room is luxurious, soft bed, over stuffed chairs, wine and
dresses hang all around. She invites the group to make themselves
comfortable. Lukas is there. She apologizes for having to lock us up
but says she had to make it look like we were being held responsible
for the death of Bruno. She acknowledges that no one would be stupid
enough to leave their own dagger at the scene of a murder. She feels
that it is all the work of Dammenblatz. She is on her way to
Kemperbad to have her champion fight to prove her innocence in the
death of Dammenblatz's father. The father drowned in a bowl of punch
at her party, but Dammenblatz has accused her of witchcraft, a very
serious offense. She believes that Dammenblatz's agent will now try
to assassinate her new champion, Lukas. “You will spend the night
in Bruno's room to lure out the murderer,” says the Countess.
Vincent asks “Do you think the people who did this are members of a
cult?” She thinks not.

Each
member of the group is allowed one weapon and one other item, the
weapons must be small and able to be used in the confines of the
room. Lukas and Vincent take their daggers and armor. Leopold takes
his trusty club and armor, while Sally takes his skillet and shot
sword. Genaro takes his club. The plan is for Lukas to pretend to
seep in bed while the rest of the group hide around the darkened room
and wait for the assassin. Lukas is in bed, Sally is underneath the
bed, Genaro hides near the fire place while Vincent and Leopold hide
on either side of the door.

The
waiting seems eternal. The stress of the long day and night starts to
wear on our adventurers and Lukas and Genaro fall asleep. After about
20 minutes Lukas and Leopold hear a strange sound. It seems to be
coming from the walls. We then pinpoint it. It is the fire place!
Lukas, Leopold, Vincent and Sally then see a dark figure emerge from
the fireplace and move effortlessly through the room in the darkness.
They obviously know the layout of the room.

The
group springs into action, Lukas starts to get up and Sally crawls
from under the bed. Leopold raises his club overhead and shouts “In
the name of Sigmar and the Countess!” As the person turns and tries
to run back to the fireplace, Vincent opens the door and lets in
light from the hall. The assassin is dressed as a servant of the
Three Feathers! Genaro awakens and tries to tackle the murderer. He
has a loose grip on him but the assassin is pulling away. Leopold
attempts to help Genaro but trips over an ottoman. The assassin
shakes Genaro off and narrowly escapes a blow as Sally's skillet
clangs of the fireplace masonry. Lukas untangles himself from the bed
sheets and flies head long into the attacker. He is knocked down but
begins scrabbling up the chimney. With one last gasp Lukas makes a
final lunge, grasping the assassin by the leg and wrenching him back
into the room. The perpetrator has been caught and the guards rush in
and restrain him. We are allowed to go back to our rooms and rest.

At
4:30AM we are all gathered into the great room by the Countess. The
assassin is bound and gagged and everyone except for the Priests of
Morr and the bounty hunter woman are there. The innkeeper looks angry
and in disbelief. There is a cry from upstairs and the servant rushes
back down. The Priests of Morr are all dead and there is a headless
corpse in the coffin in their room. It is noted that the woman was
seen riding away at speed about a half an hour ago.

The
Countess says “The assassin was hired by Dammenblatz, and he will
hang for this murder! Hand him over to the Road Warden. You may all
return to your rooms. I will continue on my way to Kemperbad.” She
offers Lukas the job of being her champion, but he respectfully
declines. Vincent goes up to the room where the Priests of Morr were
staying to help clean up and administer last rights. The Carnage in
the room is terrible, the bodies appear to have been rent by some
kind of beast. The bodies are buried correctly.

We
have an early breakfast and all our possessions are returned to us.
In addition to the money we earned from the scribe, the Countess
gives us each 50 gold crowns. She says to look her up if we are ever
in Nuln. Vincent tells her his real name, hoping that she will speak
on his behalf should the unpleasantness in Nuln ever catch up with
him.

Olesia
greets us at the carraige. “Ready to continue? It is only a few
days to Talabheim.” It is a beautiful day, but we are all tired
from our long night. Before the rocking of the carriage lulls us to
sleep, Vincent recalls that Talabheim has many laws, tolls and taxes.
He hopes that the Countess' gift will be enough to get us around the
city.

We
will always remember our night at the Three Feathers!

(Thus
ends my stint as note taker.)

I also keep on forgetting to welcome new followers. Michał Górzański is our GM for these sessions and runs the blog It Always Rains in Nuln. I don't know who sprinks is and I believe I know Phil Otep from the G+ group 1/72-20mm fantasy minis for rpg. If you have a blog or website please let me know and I'll link to it.

Hi Sean, I just read your post. I am Phil Otep you mentioned, and yes I sometimes publish pictures on 1/72-20 mm fantasy minis for rpg.And yes I have a blog: http://philotepsfigures.blogspot.fr/I would be very proud to have a Link from your blog :)Sprinks is another 1/72 minis blogger, and a good rhymer :)His blog is:http://wronghammer.blogspot.fr/